Film Fetish: "Cloverfield"

Cloverfield (2008)
- directed by Matt Reeves


The reckless journey of a group of young friends through a monster-ravaged New York is documented entirely by handheld video camera.

Surely, by now, most people have seen this film. That said, I'm still gonna tip-toe around the …

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• It's 1:40 a.m. as I'm typing this and while I would normally be up for another two hours, I'm totally bombed. I'm really sleepy for some reason. Mr. Sandman must be dying to have his way with me. I gotta remember not to make posts this late 'cause my inclination is to …

The Dead Letter Room (Reprise)

I was thinking about the post I made yesterday and whether or not it crossed the line. Meaning, whether or not I shared too much? But I'm of the opinion that if it gets out there, it was meant to get out there. Meaning, I'm very confident in the fact that I always have …

Betrayal

I usually think spinning a yarn on this blog that was spun during a casual bit of conversation is a bit like cheating. I consider it cheating because I kinda want everything to be sprung from here, at this blog; with this blog in mind. This is ground zero, this is the …

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• It's fucking cold!!! Yeah, yeah, yeah 50 degrees Fahrenheit is nothing by most standards. But it's a whole hella something in L.A. Hell has officially frozen over.
• Awesome, awesome news. One of the happiest days I've spent on this planet. My wildflowers have sprouted!!! …

Memory... "The Visionary"

Mind over matter. I've always been a proponent of this idea. I think people can do extraordinary things if they're focused and willful enough. Surely, we can't do everything. But we can do a lot and endure more. While much of this is dependent on perseverance, I think …

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• I'm so worried that I'm barren. I keep thinking that something's going wrong with my little wildflowers. Maybe the seeds are defective. Maybe I used too much water. Maybe they're too cold. Maybe they're not getting enough light. Maybe they're not getting enough air. …

Film Fetish: Grab Bag

So I wanted to rate these flicks but felt weird about giving them their own proper space since one is direct-to-DVD and the other two are as old as time itself. :P But I couldn't ignore them either, so here we go...

Bender's Big Score (2007)
- directed by Dwayne …

A Moment Of Silence

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Shadows

It's not uncommon for the mind or the eyes to play tricks on us. I'm used to it. But it's been happening a lot more lately. When I was younger, these things... these shadows were nothing much, just wisps of dark. The kinda thing you could excuse as simple short circuits …

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• It's Valentine's Day. Been spending time with my lovers: food & media. :P
• Digging the tiny new features to Twitter, which included the Valentine's Day heart replies... sadly I think it's only gonna last for a couple more hours. But I'm sure the reply arrow is a permanent …

Projected Projects > "I Think I'm A Mother"

The title's a bit extreme, but I've always wanted to use it. :P It's the title of one of my favorite songs, I Think I'm A Mother by PJ Harvey off her 1995 album, To Bring You My Love. It's not really in keeping with the spirit of this particular post, but I am about to …

Film Fetish: "There Will Be Blood"

There Will Be Blood (2007)
- directed by Paul Thomas Anderson


Loosely based on the Upton Sinclair novel, Oil!, There Will Be Blood follows the rise of silver miner-turned-oil prospector, Daniel Plainview's (Daniel Day-Lewis) family enterprise into the oil business.

I'm …

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• Came up with an interesting idea for an art project that will involve this blog once the first year is complete. I think it's quite ingenious. ;)
• I've been such a bad boy lately, I haven't gotten back to a few messages. I need to be flogged. :P
• Quiet day.
• Thank the maker, …

The Beginning

This is one of those thoughts I've had floating around my head for as long as I can remember remembering. Well, maybe more like as long as I can remember thinking.

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• I've been made a whore by Red Brick Pizza's Pizza Rustica. I've been brought to my knees. I have tasted the divine. :P I had my second one yesterday.
• Watched Elizabeth - The Golden Age and Eastern Promises last night on DVD. I have 3:10 To Yuma in my midst, which I'll …

These Old Bones

I'm breaking down and I'm only 26. :( I'm being as hyperbolic as ever, of course. But I am creaking a lot more than I ever have. I've had a bad left wrist ever since... uhhh, I wanna say fourth grade? Maybe third. I fractured it in school being an ass. I was sitting …

Film Fetish: "The Golden Compass"

The Golden Compass (2007)
- directed by Chris Weitz

To attempt to summarize this film is beyond my abilities. :P It's a children's fantasy film based on the first book in Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials trilogy, Northern Lights.

The story concerns Lyra, an orphan …

Film Fetish: "No Country For Old Men"

No Country For Old Men (2007)
- directed by Joel & Ethan Coen


Based on the Cormac McCarthy novel of the same name, No Country For Old Men is a cat & mouse, suspense/drama set in the 1980's American Southwest. The story unfolds when a local Texan hunter (Josh Brolin) …

Childish Things

When I was a wee lad I used to pronounce gas as grass. I remember my Dad trying to correct me once at a gas station. I remember, for the life of me, not being able to get it right. I wonder what that was all about...

I also had this thing about blinking when I was a kid. …